WVC 15 - 13 - 8
§15-13-8. Registration of out-of-state offenders.
(a) When any probation or parole officer accepts supervision
of, and has legal authority over, any person required to register
under this article from another state under the terms and
conditions of the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult
Offenders established under article seven, chapter twenty-eight of
this code, the officer shall give the person written notice of the
registration requirements of this section and obtain a signed
statement from the person required to register acknowledging the
receipt of the notice. The officer shall obtain and submit to the
State Police the information required in subsection (e), section
two of this article.

(b) Any person:

(1) Who resides in another state or federal or military
jurisdiction;

(2) Who is employed, carries on a vocation, is a student in
this state or is a visitor to this state for a period of more than
fifteen continuous days; and

(3) Who is required by the state, federal or military
jurisdiction in which he or she resides to register in that state,
federal or military jurisdiction for child abuse or neglect, or has
been convicted of a violation in that state, federal or military
jurisdiction that is similar to a violation in this article shall
register in this state and otherwise comply with the provisions of
this article.

(c) Any person changing residence to this state from another
state or federal or military jurisdiction who is required to
register because of a conviction for child abuse or neglect under
the laws of that state or federal or military jurisdiction shall
register in this state.

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